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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by nine_k on Friday July 11, 2025 @03:09PM (#44535856)
Currently not even the battery capacity is the limiting factor; transmission lines are. The average lead tine to connect your generator to an existing high-voltage transmission line in 12 to 18 months in most of the EU. Building a new line takes years.

Due to that, much of the solar generation can't but be highly local.

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Re:In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power La... by thebruce87m on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:29PM (#44536946)
I see transmission lines mentioned a lot, but surely keeping the lines we have loaded 100% of the time is part of the equation and batteries can help with that too.

I’d love to know how well loaded the lines are and a cost analysis of batteries at every sensible junction. Things like charging batteries close to solar and discharging them at night and having residential batteries to cope with peak demand.

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